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All US readers of Desert Flower had to wait patiently for the movie to be released. Now with the US premiere announced for March, the movie will be shown at several filmfestivals, including the Athena Filmfestival, which takes place in New York from February 10th to February 13th 2011.

“The films we’ll screen exemplify our mission—to bring women’s unique and powerful voice to the forefront,” said Kathryn Kolbert, co-founder of the Festival and director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College.

“I am very happy that the movie is finally being released in the US as well”, says Waris Dirie. “FGM is an issue that affects hundreds of throusands of women in the US and I hope that the movie will make FGM an issue that is more openly discussed in America.”

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